Tag: Professional basketball
A very rare NBA day: Curry, Jokic score 50 in losses
Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic were part of history Saturday. It wasn’t the sort that they’ll savor.
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Wizards to rest scoring leader Beal for 1st time this season
WASHINGTON — NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal will be held out of a game for rest for the first time this season, sitting out...
AP Sportlight
Feb. 8
1936 — Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and...
Zahui B. signs with Sparks and Williams heads to Las Vegas
NEW YORK — Amanda Zahui B. is changing coasts after signing with Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Rebuilt Suns on a roll, climbing in Western Conference
<p>PHOENIX — The bubble was encouraging for them and so was the offseason. But the real proof that the Phoenix Suns might be ready...
Hawks F De’Andre Hunter to have surgery on ailing right knee
ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and be sidelined for an extended period.
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Brandon Bass joins USA Basketball for AmeriCup qualifying
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Brandon Bass is giving USA Basketball even more NBA experience going into next week’s final two games of FIBA AmeriCup...
Phil Rollins, who led Louisville to 1956 NIT title, dies
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Phil Rollins, a starting guard on Louisville’s 1956 NIT championship squad who went on to play in the NBA, has died....
AP Sportlight
Feb. 9
1912 — The U.S. Tennis Association amends the rules...
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young fined $20,000 by NBA
NEW YORK — Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Thursday for directing inappropriate language toward a game official.
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